Security News > 2020 > November > New 'Chaes' Malware Targets Latin American E-Commerce Users
Dubbed Chaes, the new threat is a multi-stage piece of malware designed to harvest sensitive information such as login credentials, credit card numbers, and additional financial details.
The malware has been designed to specifically target MercadoLivre's payment page MercadoPago and harvest customer financial information from it.
In addition to stealing information from the victim's browser, Chaes was designed to take screenshots, hook and monitor the Chrome browser, and collect other user information from the infected hosts.
Still under development, the malware was created using several programming languages, including.
The malware operators have improved encryption and expanded the functionality of the final Node.js module, but maintain their focus on the MercadoLivre and MercadoPago websites.